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brother knew? He knew and he hadn't said anything to me? He'd pretended like he hadn't known? "May as well be honest with her, Rich. Tell her why you didn't let her know that you found out and had a rather heated discussion with me."
Rich looked surprised that Seth was standing up to him so boldly. "You're sleeping with my sister, Seth! You're my best friend!" He pointed at Seth as if to emphasize a point. "Best friends aren't supposed to sleep with their best friend's siblings!"
"Then why did you sleep with me?" Sarah asked boldly, pushing her way through the crowd and right into Rich's personal space.
And once again, shock nearly knocked me over. "What?" I asked softly. If we hadn't been causing such a scene, my nearly whispered question wouldn't have been heard in the noisy bar. The ruckus we'd started however, had drawn everyone's attention and made my small question seem like a shout.
"Not now, Sarah," Rich said, turning his attention back to Seth.
Sarah wasn't having it though, as she pulled on my brother's shirt and yanked him around until he was facing her. "Yes, right now," she declared. "Tell me why it's okay to have sex with me when you're wasted, but your best friend can't go after the one girl he's been head over heels for, for years?"
"It's not the same thing!" Rich exclaimed.
"It fucking is!" Sarah yelled right back. "The only difference is that Seth actually feels something beyond friendship for Lexi!" She stepped forward and poked Rich in the chest. "You and I were some drunken night of stupidity, but it was sex all the same. You're being a hypocrite to judge Seth so poorly when you should be judging yourself, Rich. Seth loves your sister. At least he has some integrity."
"Would someone please tell me what the hell you're talking about," I said loudly, crossing my arms across my chest.
Sarah looked at me, worried. "I slept with your brother a few months ago while you were still away at school. It was only once and it never happened again," she explained quickly. "I tried to tell you more than once, but with everything going on, I never found the right time"
I suddenly flashbacked to the nights in the bar and the club when Sarah had told me that she had to talk to me, but both times I'd gotten distracted and the conversation had never been finished.
"Please," she whispered. "Don't be mad at me."
I shook my head quickly. "I'm not." Because I wasn't. I know that Seth and I had been terrified about Rich's reaction to the two of us being together, so I really couldn't allow myself to be upset about her and Rich.
Suddenly, I was exhausted by this whole situation. Stepping forward, I grabbed a visibly shaken Sarah by the arm. "Let's go," I said to her, softly. "I'll drive you home."
Turning, we waded through the crowd of onlookers and outside into the warm summer air. Sarah was breathing heavily and I could tell she was trying not to cry. "It's fine," I kept repeating. "Really."
We got to the car and I opened her door. When she was safely inside, I walked around to my side when Seth called out my name. Sighing, I turned to look at him. After everything he'd just confessed, I owed him that much respect. I couldn't just jump into my car and leave him in the dust.
When he reached me, I made sure to keep a bit of distance between us. Sure, he'd said the words that I'd been dying for him to say, but after learning what had gone down between Seth and Rich and Rich and Sarah, I wasn't going to let myself crumble.
"Lexi, I … " he began, but I held up a hand and cut him off.
"Seth, just stop," I said softly. "I'm going back to school in a few weeks and after everything that happened tonight, I can't wait. Things are a mess now with Rich and you and Sarah and everything else."
"Lexi," he said, reaching forward and putting a hand on my shoulder. Stepping away from him, however, I shook my head and cut him off once more.
"For
Rich looked surprised that Seth was standing up to him so boldly. "You're sleeping with my sister, Seth! You're my best friend!" He pointed at Seth as if to emphasize a point. "Best friends aren't supposed to sleep with their best friend's siblings!"
"Then why did you sleep with me?" Sarah asked boldly, pushing her way through the crowd and right into Rich's personal space.
And once again, shock nearly knocked me over. "What?" I asked softly. If we hadn't been causing such a scene, my nearly whispered question wouldn't have been heard in the noisy bar. The ruckus we'd started however, had drawn everyone's attention and made my small question seem like a shout.
"Not now, Sarah," Rich said, turning his attention back to Seth.
Sarah wasn't having it though, as she pulled on my brother's shirt and yanked him around until he was facing her. "Yes, right now," she declared. "Tell me why it's okay to have sex with me when you're wasted, but your best friend can't go after the one girl he's been head over heels for, for years?"
"It's not the same thing!" Rich exclaimed.
"It fucking is!" Sarah yelled right back. "The only difference is that Seth actually feels something beyond friendship for Lexi!" She stepped forward and poked Rich in the chest. "You and I were some drunken night of stupidity, but it was sex all the same. You're being a hypocrite to judge Seth so poorly when you should be judging yourself, Rich. Seth loves your sister. At least he has some integrity."
"Would someone please tell me what the hell you're talking about," I said loudly, crossing my arms across my chest.
Sarah looked at me, worried. "I slept with your brother a few months ago while you were still away at school. It was only once and it never happened again," she explained quickly. "I tried to tell you more than once, but with everything going on, I never found the right time"
I suddenly flashbacked to the nights in the bar and the club when Sarah had told me that she had to talk to me, but both times I'd gotten distracted and the conversation had never been finished.
"Please," she whispered. "Don't be mad at me."
I shook my head quickly. "I'm not." Because I wasn't. I know that Seth and I had been terrified about Rich's reaction to the two of us being together, so I really couldn't allow myself to be upset about her and Rich.
Suddenly, I was exhausted by this whole situation. Stepping forward, I grabbed a visibly shaken Sarah by the arm. "Let's go," I said to her, softly. "I'll drive you home."
Turning, we waded through the crowd of onlookers and outside into the warm summer air. Sarah was breathing heavily and I could tell she was trying not to cry. "It's fine," I kept repeating. "Really."
We got to the car and I opened her door. When she was safely inside, I walked around to my side when Seth called out my name. Sighing, I turned to look at him. After everything he'd just confessed, I owed him that much respect. I couldn't just jump into my car and leave him in the dust.
When he reached me, I made sure to keep a bit of distance between us. Sure, he'd said the words that I'd been dying for him to say, but after learning what had gone down between Seth and Rich and Rich and Sarah, I wasn't going to let myself crumble.
"Lexi, I … " he began, but I held up a hand and cut him off.
"Seth, just stop," I said softly. "I'm going back to school in a few weeks and after everything that happened tonight, I can't wait. Things are a mess now with Rich and you and Sarah and everything else."
"Lexi," he said, reaching forward and putting a hand on my shoulder. Stepping away from him, however, I shook my head and cut him off once more.
"For
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